The Opposite House, by Helen Oyeyemi AIDS

The Opposite House, by Helen Oyeyemi AIDSMaja was five years old when her black Cuban family emigrated from the Caribbean to London, leaving her with one complete memory: a woman singing in a voice both eerie and enthralling at their farewell party. Now, almost twenty years later, Maja herself is a singer, pregnant and haunted by what she calls 'her Cuba'.

[1] which run from Abu Simbel downriver to Philae (near Aswan)

"Incendiary" has had readers staying up all night to finish it

The '21 Yaks' collected here are the key lessons Lewis took home from each adventure

His tale is told by those who knew him best

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life is tough as their mother struggles to make ends meet

He is frank about the forces that opposed him at home and abroad

often playful

knowledge has always been an oral tradition

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a young American who gives up medicine in hope of a spiritual cure

Allen also gives us a controversial new reading of the country's early history